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Facts from space! : from super-secret spacecraft to volcanoes in outer space, extraterrestrial facts to blow your mind!

Dean Regas
A guided tour through the universe-and beyond! From the sun's super-hot core to the many moons of Neptune, we're traveling to the far reaches of our solar system and beyond! Astronomer Dean Regas presents Facts from Space!-an exciting education on everything outside our atmosphere. Inside, you'll discover space facts and celestial trivia, including: -A day on Venus is longer than its year.-Early space missions ejected human waste into space, where it froze into intricate crystals that still float in space today.-After being in space, some astronauts returned to Earth up to 2 inches taller than when they left.-The stars in the Big Dipper are shifting among themselves and will look like a "Big Spatula" by the year 75,000.-And more!Packed with fascinating information, it's a stellar read for sci-fi fans and at-home astronomers alike!

eBook, English, 2016
Adams Media, Avon, Mass., 2016